[Sca-cooks] what is???

Seton1355 at aol.com Seton1355 at aol.com
Wed Aug 29 10:32:09 PDT 2001


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Thanks Adamatias!
Phillipa

> Normally, no. The sous chef is the assistant chef, but that normally
> includes doing the chef's job when the chef is not on site, which could
> include any and all management functions, participation in menu planning
> and design, ordering, quality control, etc. Sometimes the sous chef acts as
> head line cook (which is often the head sautee/saucier position, especially
> when you have an executive chef who doesn't work the line). Most of the
> sous chefs I've encountered (and I've done the job, although never had the
> title) have had all of the headaches of actually being in charge, with
> little or none of the benefits, except it's considered a way of "paying
> your dues" before becoming a chef de cuisine or an executive chef in one's
> own right.
>


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